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    helpfulness of reviews

    rootsmusic · 2 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    I wish that users can give feedback about whether a staff review is helpful or unhelpful.  If many users find a staff review is unhelpful, then those (e.g. blurbs) that should either be deleted or rewritten can be identified.  Staff reviewers will also improve their own writing based on feedback.

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    website referesh

    Hello there. Love your site and use it religiously. However, i think at may be in your best interests to completely refresh your website. Key improvements could facilitate and increase traffic and make it just a more user friendly intuitive experience. Maybe not in the budget but i reckon it would pay for itself. 

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    replace blurbs when reviewing a release

    rootsmusic · 0 · Posted

    When reviewers decide to review a release, they should take a look at the initial release's review (if any).  For example, Dryden's review of the release could have easily bracketed his last two sentences to refer to the bonus disc.  If he did so, then his extended review could have replaced the initial release's blurb by Vinopal.

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    metadata relevancy

    rootsmusic · 1 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    Please allow users to give feedback on the relevancy of metadata (e.g. genre, style).  By doing so, you can identify which metadata is irrelevant and which are more relevant.  Metadata with more relevance, as agreed by most users, will improve the relevancy of your recommenders and Advanced Search's results.  Thanks.

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    Fox Music USA Music Awards

    Fox Music USA · 0 · Posted

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    SHALL YOU BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING FOR THE BEST ITALIAN MUSIC ARTIST 2022, EMAIL US AND REQUEST YOUR APPLICATION TO ENROLL 

    OUR EMAIL IS DGARZA@FOXMUSICUSA.COM ON YOUR SUBJECT LINE PLEASE PUT "ITALIAN TALENT 2022"

    BEST REGARDS,

    DORIS GARZA

    GENERAL TALENT DIRECTOR

    DGARZA@FOXMUSICUSA.COM 

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    Song credits for musicians other than singer (or featured performer) and composer

    Thomas Motley · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    I came to this site because I wanted to see who played what instruments on a song ("Ride Your Pony" performed/sung by Lee Dorsey, written by Allen Toussaint, aka Naomi Neville). Unfortunately no one other than the composer and singer was mentioned. I'm sure that some of this information is hard or impossible to determine for certain songs, but certainly you could do better than this, no? 

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    Anti-Adblock page annoys subscribers ....

    John Smith · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    I have subscribed for a number of years. Now all of a sudden Allmusic slams me with an adblock notice BEFORE I can login, thus making the process a pain. How about you hold the adblock page for 30 seconds so people like me can peacefully log in?

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    Why am I not showing up on the credits of the people who do the work?

    Mike DeFoy · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    My 10 song album is listed under my name, but it doesn't appear in the credits of the rest of the team. How do we give them credit too for their work?  Their names along with the producer were in the spreadsheet that was submitted. And how do I capitalize the "F" in my last name DeFoy? Not Mike Defoy?

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    merge duplicate albums

    rootsmusic · 1 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    Allmusic has duplicate albums, which I don't report if only one has an editor rating/review.  But since Bucky Pizzarelli's collaborative album with Doug Jernigan was selected as an album pick within the latter artist's discography, these should be merged.

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    Biography entry for Jim Scott, mixer of many top LPs and more.

    Fritz · 0 · Posted

    I was talking with a friend about the McCartney Hulu show with Rick Rubin.

    Rick Rubin is credited with co-mixing Car Wheels by Lucinda .

    But one of the best mixers ever, Jim Scott was the real mixer. It's well past time that Jim Scott had a bio on his listing. IMHO, RR is a nobody compared to the accomplishments of Jim Scott.

    I'd say RR was there to observe Jim Scotts talent at the bequest of some muckety muck at Mercury that RR bn'd. Here, lemme get you started.  https://www.plyrzstudios.com/

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    Would be nice to filter by calendar by genre

    Jonathan Hyde · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    Used to use this site all the time. It's been years since I logged in since a lot of sites offer similar functionality now. Was really hoping the calendar had a filter by genre option. It doesn't so it'll probably be years till I login again but would definitely use that feature if it were an option.

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    Lotus Kay's First Album Just Dropped ”Feelings On Display

    Tom Kay · 0 · Posted

    Lotus Kay's First Album Just Dropped ”Feelings On Display”

    https://lotuskay.com/music#e7287182-55c2-435b-8a09-907b82ae6f6f

    https://open.spotify.com/album/6YYbLhCrRBK0ZTLjvnDbQB

    All done in Woodstock

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    collaboration recording type

    rootsmusic · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    I usually find collaboration records to be interesting.  So I'm suggesting collaborations as a Recording Type.  If the Recording Type doesn't already exist, then collaborations can be identified when credits include more than one Primary Artist.  Thanks.

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    add "tributee" to credits for tribute albums

    rootsmusic · 1 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    Allmusic doesn't have a Recording Type for tribute albums, which are entire albums that are dedicated to another artist.  Even though they may be officially named in the liner notes as only a composer, I suggest adding the tributee role in the album's credits.  Doing so would be a workaround when searching for tribute albums.  Thanks.

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    Primary Artist on various artist albums that aren't compilations

    rootsmusic · 0 · Posted

    In Meat Loaf's credits, I can filter for "Primary Artist".  Among the Primary Artist's credits in the Various Artist recording type, I'd like a way to differentiate between recording types Main Albums and Compilations.  (Main Albums are original recordings, and Compilations compile previously released recordings.)  If I can do so, then I can more easily find Meat Loaf's original recordings on Main Albums not under his discography (for example, The Inter Galactic Touring Band).

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    Peter Bruntnell's "Journey to the Sun" is missing.

    Jacky Soulie · 0 · Posted

    Many albums from Peter Bruntnell are missing. Journey to the Sun is the latest at today. https://peterbruntnell.net/store.php

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    How about finally doing a complete entry on Mike Gibbs? The simplest way of doing this would be to combine your entries on "Mike Gibbs" and "Michael Gibbs," because they are the same person. After that correction, there could be decent entries on at least

    Paul Weideman · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    Jazz in Britain recently released Mike Gibbs, Revisiting Tanglewood 63: The Early Tapes. It's a reminder of the significance of Gibbs, especially of his coming of age in the Sixties cauldron along with John Dankworth, Graham Collier, Sadao Watanabe, Gabor Szabo, Gary Burton, and Duško Gojković. Admittedly, this is about jazz — yes, lower on the financial totem pole than pop and hip hop and rock — and, admittedly, it's about British jazz. But still!

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    new blast > 2021 : Vortographs

    Frank Crijns · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    New Blast C.D. 2021 "Vortographs "(on ReR  records & B.C. ), update >

    https://blast4tet.bandcamp.com/album/vortographs

    & ALL C.D." s : https://blast4tet.bandcamp.com/

    thanks & greets

    BLAST

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    You should consider the newcomer band De Breacks as supporting act in germany/europe

    dodo · 0 · Posted

    These kids presented themselves recently at The Voice Kids germany, burning down the house with an up tempo cover version of "Holiday".

    Watch and listen:

    https://www.sat1.de/tv/the-voice-kids/videos/104-exklusiv-vorab-die-band-de-breaks-reisst-mit-green-day-die-buehne-ab-clip